A tragic incident occurred on Saturday, September 28 at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State, when a lion killed its handler, Babaji Daule. The sad incident has sent shockwaves through the community. According to Vanguard Newspaper, Daule, a 35-year-old trained lion handler from Bauchi State, was attacked while attempting to feed the lion. Reports indicate that the handler failed to properly secure the locks and barricades of the lion’s enclosure, allowing the animal to escape. The lion subsequently attacked Daule, inflicting fatal injuries to his neck. Despite efforts to save him, he died at…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from Delta State University, Abraka. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
The police in Delta has invited for questioning, a former Commissioner for Higher Education and foremost staunch member of the PDP, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, for questioning over the leadership tussle in Uwheru Community. Also invited are the President General of Uwheru Kingdom, Chief Macpherson Igbedi, and nine others, all in relation to a recent leadership crisis in Uwheru, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. The police invitation is coming on the heels of an ongoing conflicts and disagreements between the traditional ruler of Uwheru Kingdom and some leaders on the choice of persons who will occupy the president general…
…Says Community Was First Beneficiaries Of His Administration …Seek Posting Of More Teachers To Otovwodo Grammar School President General of Otovwodo Community in Ughelli, Delta State, Pastor Ovigue Solomon Ugbarugba and the entire community has commended the Executive Governor of Delta state, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori over the construction of the Uduere/Okogbe/Stadium to Agbarha junction ring road. This commendation was given during the annual general meeting of the community held at the community town hall in Otovwodo, on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Delivering his speech, Ovigue Solomon Ugbarugba, a Pastor and Engineer, noted that Otovwodo community are indeed grateful…
…Says Attacks On NNPCL Boss, Mele Kyari Is Wrong The Niger Delta Stakeholders Assembly (NDSA), on Saturday called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to interrogate Anabs Sara-Igbe over threat to cause crisis in the oil rich Niger Delta Region, just as they said that he was being used by the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPCL, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr Umar Ajiya to wage media war against the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engineer Mele Kyari.The group in a Press Release signed by…
…Calls For Memorandum From Stakeholders The Delta State House of Assembly has invited stakeholders to submit memoranda regarding the Delta State Child Rights Amendment Bill and Domestic Staff Service Providers Registration Bill, 2024. The Bills, which passed second reading after rigorous debates on their merits at plenary of the House, were referred to the Assembly Committee on Housing, Women Affairs, Humanitarian Support Services, and Girl Child Entrepreneur for further legislative considerations. In line with the tasks before it, the Committee is seeking written and oral contributions from individuals, organizations, and government bodies such as the Ministry of Women Affairs and…
Delta State Government, having mobilised contractors handling its various projects across the state, has called on them to ensure prompt and quality delivery. The State Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr Charles Aniagwu, made the call on Friday, in Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area of the state while addressing journalists after inspecting projects in the area. The projects inspected included the newly awarded Benin Road, Old Amukpe Road with a spur to Ayemidejor Close in Sapele, the Oviri-Okpe – Orerokpe Road and Ezesi Road, Orerokpe. The Commissioner, who was in company of the Chief Press Secretary to the…
As Nigeria prepares to celebrate her 64th independence anniversary, Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has called on the citizenry to continue to pray for the sustainable peace and unity of the country. Governor Oborevwori made the call at a special Jumat service held on Friday at the Central Mosque, Cable Point, Asaba, where Moslem faithful gathered in large numbers, to pray for the country. Represented by the Chairman, Delta State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Auwal Tukur, the governor, noted that Nigerians were passing through difficult times, expressing optimism that with prayers, the nation could overcome its current…
Renowned Professor of Education and staunch member of the PDP, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, has called on the Nigerian Army to either release Professor Arthur Ekpekpo or charge him to court. Prof. Muoboghare gave this demand in a press statement he personally signed, stressing that it is unlawful to arrest a high profile academician such as Ekpekpo and confined him in an undisclosed location without charging him to court. Recall that men in military uniforms, on Sunday night of August 20, 2024, arrested the President General of Ewu Kingdom, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, and two other leaders of the Okuama community, in…
…As Assembly House Committee On Special Projects Visit Isoko North/South On An Oversight Inspection Of Ongoing Projects By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Special Projects on Friday inspected on-going physical infrastructures in Isoko North and South local government areas of the state in continuation of the oversight duty of the State Legislature. The leader of the team and Chairman of the Committee, Hon Oboro Kenneth Preyor, expressed satisfaction over commitment of the Oborevwori’s led administration to executing road projects in rural communities in the state. Preyor was accompanied by other members…
…Pass vote of confidence on Tinubu, say President has capacity to address nation’s challenges …Hails Otuaro’s appointment, express confidence in Otuaro to steer ship of amnesty program Over 30,000 ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, on Friday opposed the planned protests across the country on October 1st. The youths vowed not to allow any protest to take place in the region on October 1st. The repentant agitators, who spoke through their leaders at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Presidential Amnesty Programme led by Dr. Dennis Otuaro, in Warri, Delta State, called on the people of the Niger Delta region…